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Parenting with Indigenous Science

July 11, 2025Culture, decolonising, Indigenous Science, relationships, spiritual skills, valuesacceptance, ancestral healing, child, cosmology, culture, Earth Ethos, emotion, family, indigenous, life, love, mental-health, mother, parent, parenting, philosophy, relationships, unconditional love, worldviewValerie Ringland

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There’s so much parenting advice, and so little I resonate with, so I thought I’d share my perspective.

Parenting is about building relationships through developmentally appropriate leadership

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With Dignity and Respect for All

November 11, 2024culture, healing, relationships, valuesacceptance, ancestors, ancestral healing, conflict, culture, estrangement, family, healing, mental-health, spirituality, trauma, WetikoValerie Ringland

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Earlier in my ancestral healing journey when I set boundaries, I would tell ancestors who couldn’t support me and my core values to go. I had heard …

Estrangement

October 20, 2021Healing, Relationshipsculture, estrangement, family, healing, identity, relationshipsValerie Ringland

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Estrangement is something we rarely talk about, and to be out of active relationship with one’s family of origin feels very stigmatised and taboo. Even after many …